Inexpensive, abundant, non-toxic thin films for solar cell applications grown by reactive sputtering

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1902-1905

  Chawla, Vardaan ^a   Clemens, Bruce ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE SOLAR CELLS; COLUMNAR GRAIN; DEPOSITION PROCESS; H2S ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NON-TOXIC ELEMENT; OPTIMAL PROPERTIES; SILICON DEVICES; SOLAR APPLICATIONS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THIN FILM MATERIAL;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR; THIN FILMS;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 78650151779     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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